Latency after Preterm Prelabor Rupture of the Membranes: Increased Risk for Periventricular Leukomalacia

Objective. To identify the risk factors for cystic periventricular leukomalacia (cPVL) and their implications for deciding between immediate delivery and conservative management of preterm prelabor rupture of the membranes (pPROM). Methods. The following risk factors were compared between cPVL infan...

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Main Authors: Annick Denzler, Tilo Burkhardt, Giancarlo Natalucci, Roland Zimmermann
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Pregnancy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/874984
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Tilo Burkhardt
Giancarlo Natalucci
Roland Zimmermann
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description Objective. To identify the risk factors for cystic periventricular leukomalacia (cPVL) and their implications for deciding between immediate delivery and conservative management of preterm prelabor rupture of the membranes (pPROM). Methods. The following risk factors were compared between cPVL infants and 6440 controls: chorioamnionitis, sex, gestational age (GA), birth weight, pPROM, and pPROM-delivery interval. Factor impact on cPVL risk and clinical decision-making was determined by multivariate logistic regression. Results. Overall cPVL prevalence (n=32) was 0.99/1000 births. All cPVL infants but one were born <34 weeks of gestation and were <2500 g; 56% had histological chorioamnionitis versus 1.1% of controls (OR 35.9; 95%-CI 12.6–102.7). Because chorioamnionitis is a postnatal diagnosis, logistic regression was performed with prenatally available factors: pPROM-delivery interval >48 hours (OR 9.0; 95%-CI 4.1–20.0), male gender (OR 3.2; 95%-CI 1.4–7.3). GA was not a risk factor if birth weight was included. Risk decreased with increasing fetal weight despite a prolonged pPROM-delivery interval. Conclusion. pPROM-delivery interval is the single most important prenatally available risk factor for the development of cPVL. Immediate delivery favors babies with chorioamnionitis but disfavors those with non infectious pPROM. In the absence of clinical chorioamnionitis fetal weight gain may offset the inflammatory risk of cPVL caused by a prolonged pPROM-delivery interval.
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spelling doaj-art-ed2ba964894e4cccb752b013765ad4002025-08-20T02:22:06ZengWileyJournal of Pregnancy2090-27272090-27352014-01-01201410.1155/2014/874984874984Latency after Preterm Prelabor Rupture of the Membranes: Increased Risk for Periventricular LeukomalaciaAnnick Denzler0Tilo Burkhardt1Giancarlo Natalucci2Roland Zimmermann3Department of Obstetrics, Zurich University Hospital, Frauenklinikstraße 10, 8091 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Obstetrics, Zurich University Hospital, Frauenklinikstraße 10, 8091 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Neonatology, Zurich University Hospital, Frauenklinikstraße 10, 8091 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Obstetrics, Zurich University Hospital, Frauenklinikstraße 10, 8091 Zurich, SwitzerlandObjective. To identify the risk factors for cystic periventricular leukomalacia (cPVL) and their implications for deciding between immediate delivery and conservative management of preterm prelabor rupture of the membranes (pPROM). Methods. The following risk factors were compared between cPVL infants and 6440 controls: chorioamnionitis, sex, gestational age (GA), birth weight, pPROM, and pPROM-delivery interval. Factor impact on cPVL risk and clinical decision-making was determined by multivariate logistic regression. Results. Overall cPVL prevalence (n=32) was 0.99/1000 births. All cPVL infants but one were born <34 weeks of gestation and were <2500 g; 56% had histological chorioamnionitis versus 1.1% of controls (OR 35.9; 95%-CI 12.6–102.7). Because chorioamnionitis is a postnatal diagnosis, logistic regression was performed with prenatally available factors: pPROM-delivery interval >48 hours (OR 9.0; 95%-CI 4.1–20.0), male gender (OR 3.2; 95%-CI 1.4–7.3). GA was not a risk factor if birth weight was included. Risk decreased with increasing fetal weight despite a prolonged pPROM-delivery interval. Conclusion. pPROM-delivery interval is the single most important prenatally available risk factor for the development of cPVL. Immediate delivery favors babies with chorioamnionitis but disfavors those with non infectious pPROM. In the absence of clinical chorioamnionitis fetal weight gain may offset the inflammatory risk of cPVL caused by a prolonged pPROM-delivery interval.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/874984
spellingShingle Annick Denzler
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Roland Zimmermann
Latency after Preterm Prelabor Rupture of the Membranes: Increased Risk for Periventricular Leukomalacia
Journal of Pregnancy
title Latency after Preterm Prelabor Rupture of the Membranes: Increased Risk for Periventricular Leukomalacia
title_full Latency after Preterm Prelabor Rupture of the Membranes: Increased Risk for Periventricular Leukomalacia
title_fullStr Latency after Preterm Prelabor Rupture of the Membranes: Increased Risk for Periventricular Leukomalacia
title_full_unstemmed Latency after Preterm Prelabor Rupture of the Membranes: Increased Risk for Periventricular Leukomalacia
title_short Latency after Preterm Prelabor Rupture of the Membranes: Increased Risk for Periventricular Leukomalacia
title_sort latency after preterm prelabor rupture of the membranes increased risk for periventricular leukomalacia
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/874984
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